Last Updated：2025/11/20

(idiomatic) To begin an enterprise or recover from a setback without any outside help; to succeed only by one's own efforts or abilities.

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pull oneself up by one's bootstraps

Source Word

pull oneself up by one's bootstraps

idiomatic

Japanese Meaning

外部の助けを借りずに自分自身の努力だけで新たな試みを始める / 困難や挫折から自力で立ち直る / 自助努力だけで成功する

自力で立ち直ろうと決意して、彼女は小さなオンラインビジネスを立ち上げ、利益が出るまで二つの仕事を掛け持ちして働いた。

Sense（1）

We can't get a loan, so we'll just have to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps.

pulls oneself up by one's bootstraps

（ present singular third-person ）

pulling oneself up by one's bootstraps

（ participle present ）

pulled oneself up by one's bootstraps

（ participle past ）

pulled oneself up by one's bootstraps

（ past ）